Lamford Burn

Nearest town:
Cumnock (21km N)
OS reference:
NX52829912
OS sheet:
77
Latitude:
55° 15' 50.88 N
Longitude:
4° 18' 59.42 W
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Image of Lamford Burn (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Scattered stones on the S quadrant of Lamford Burn Cairn.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
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markj99 Dec 2, 2020
Image of Lamford Burn (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Lamford Burn Cairn looking W towards Loch Doon. It has been razed to ground level from an original height of 6 feet.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
markj99
markj99 Dec 2, 2020

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Lamford Burn

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markj99 Dec 2, 2020

Lamford Burn Cairn is a cairn in Dumfries and Galloway c. 1 mile from the border with East Ayrshire. According to Canmore ID 63853 (go to Links) in 1963 it was a ‘cairn 48 feet in diameter and circa 6 feet high.’ A subsequent report from 2004 gave the following detail: ‘The Scheduled Lamford Burn cairn was substantially damaged in July 2004. Unauthorised excavations at the cairn had left it severely truncated.‘

When I visited in 2012 I found the cairn razed to ground level on the N hemisphere and up to 1 foot high on the S hemisphere. There was a perimeter of earth and stones delineating the original footprint of the cairn with a stripped interior on the N side and scattered stones on the S side.

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